“What we uncovered was a significant reduction in cancer cell proliferation, which is basically growth. And that’s what you want when you’re trying to stop the spread of cancer,” Tsiani says. “This study provides the first step, the basis, for further research to explore anti-tumor and anti-carcinogenic potential of wine.”

Also on the team is Gary Pickering, a Brock professor of biological sciences and psychology/wine science, and Dr. Theos Tsakiridis, a clinician-scientist from McMaster University who works at Hamilton’s Juravinski Cancer Institute and is also affiliated with the Niagara Health System.

The study, “Inhibition of human lung cancer cell proliferation and survival by wine,” will be published later this week in the journal Cancer Cell International.

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